Interracial Encounters: Reciprocal Representations in African and Asian American Literatures, 1896-1937

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Contents Acknowledgments vii 1 Introduction 1 2 The “Negro Problem” and the “Yellow Peril”: Early Twentieth-Century America’s Views on Blacks and Asians 22 3 Estrangement on a Train: Race and Narratives of American Identity in The Marrow of Tradition and America through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat 48 4 The Eaton Sisters Go to Jamaica 81 5 Quicksand and the Racial Aesthetics of Chinoiserie 114 6 Nation, Narration, and the Afro-Asian Encounter in W. E. B. Du Bois’s Dark Princess and Younghill Kang’s East Goes West 138 7 Coda 169 Notes 175 Bibliography 195 Index 209 About the Author 221 This page intentionally left blank ...